David N. Snyder wrote:Thanks for posting those photos. Beautiful. I love that architecture, with the layered roofs.

You're welcome Dr. Thank you for this wonderful site!!

Yes, the architecture is actually quite mind-blowing in their intricacy and detail especially when considered against the backdrop that many of these temples are approaching 700 years old as I recall. The love and dedication to the completion and preservation of these structures, and to the Dhamma itself, is inspiring. Can you imagine what it took to build them without power tools? The very low sweeping roof lines are from the northern Thai Lanna influence.

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"To avoid all evil, to cultivate good, and to cleanse one's mind — this is the teaching of the Buddhas" - Dhammapada 183

Dharma River is a lovely 81 min excursion through parts of Thailand, Burma, and Laos. The commentary is at times inane, but the photography is quite good. What I found of real interest was the Laotian stuff. So very little of Laotian art and architecture is available in the West. As with the above photos (thank you for those), we can see a richness that is different enough from both the Thai and Burmese styles.

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond.SN I, 38.

Ar scáth a chéile a mhaireas na daoine.People live in one another’s shelter.

"The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement."-- Ajahn Chah, Living Dhamma

"To reach beyond fear and danger we must sharpen and widen our vision. We have to pierce through the deceptions that lull us into a comfortable complacency, to take a straight look down into the depths of our existence, without turning away uneasily or running after distractions." -- Bhikkhu Bodhi